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S5 E3: "Managing" Nature

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Oil Discovery and Religious Beliefs

Explores how the arrival of oil in different regions of the United States influenced religious beliefs and gave rise to the prosperity gospel. It also discusses the influence of Protestantism on the interpretation of Enlightenment ideals and the differing visions of nature held by John Muir and Gifford Pinchot.

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